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I dont like it as much as funeral but its aight
Still really good
I enjoy a beastie moment
They cloned thom yorke and killed the clone right after this album (banger)
I truly cannot find anything all that special about the XX, their music sounds to me like it was created to be in advertisements for resorts you see at airports or maybe like sigma edits on youtube.
This is one o my quintessential nostalgia albums and i think it holds up quite well
Its michael jackson i feel like you cant really go wrong (except for the sharing bed with kids thing thats bad). Still such an energetic and fun album
Really enjoy the instrumentals here.
Some of the vocals are nice- the rest of them are the annoying whiny shout tone that ruled this era of rock and will always ruin my day.
Feels like theres some fun stuff here but i cant get past the fact that much of it feels like an album Charlie from Always Sunny would create (but better instrumentals). I liked the overture a lot.
Overall relatively basic but in an enjoyable way. This kinda mellow country is nice. The Weatherman is fun, Mary dont go round is also very cool. Overall a good background listen but just nothing mind blowing.
Absolutely excels at being super moody. Never listened through the album in its entirety before.
Spoonman balls out to be honest.
The vocals sometimes dip into a whininess that annoys me in the high register but not enough to pull me out of a song.
A lot of the instrumentals do well at blending into the background while still having a noticable and standout sound. Dont know if that makes sense.
I would give it 3.5 if that was an option. Good album to work out or drink aggressively to
Its ok, some songs i liked a fair amount and some fun vocals at points. It does sometimes feel edgy in a very teenaged angry kid way.
Might just be a bad mood day but i just didnt love this other than secret girl and shadow of a doubt
I wrote a whole thing of listening notes but they disappeared.
I enjoyed this one a fair amount i just thing the beastie boys are dumb fun. I enjoy the instrumentals being pretty minimal in that they are typically just drums, bass, and occasional stings from other instruments. Nothing super special lyrically but its so fun to listen to. Another 3.5 graded 4
Found the instrumentals to be extremely nice across the album, though some songs were better in that regard than others (Peace Frog). I think some of the vocals and lyrics were neat while others i think were bafflingly bad (Blue Sunday). Didnt feel extremely cohesive to me, instrumentals were really the highlight.
Only on the second song but first impression; this rocks? Really enjoying the sound of the leads and drums. Vocals arent consistently my favorite (they hit the whine that puts me off from 80s rock someimes) but they fit well with the sound this band is doing imo.
Lyrics generally are pretty wacky and great. Sometimes very prosey and sometimes heavily goofy or satirical.
Hard to pick out favorites but Be Sweet, Debonair, and My Curse all stuck with me pretty well.
I did not care for I Keep Coming Back. Felt like the major big miss of the album.
Not very into house as a genre but admittedly this is pretty catchy, and has some pretty sweet synths and samples.
I think this album is probably quite fun in club or house party environments. My biggest issue is how repetetive it feels at times. Many of the songs repeat about twice as long as they need to. Same old show could be 2 minutes long but they just needed me to hear that moan sample 40 times.
I think Stop 4 Love is the most interesting to me.
Super stank face album.
Keys on this were genuinely so cool. I enjoyed the listen a whole lot especially I Got My Brand On You and Goodby Newport Blues.
Im not super well versed in blues this just sounds cool and every song was interesting and fun
I love this album. I know it can feel a little disjointed but i enjoy the left hooks it takes (like eternal life, especially coming out of Corpus Cristi Carol).
Jeff buckley did well at straddling the line between soulful and sad and angry. I love his voice and though the instrumentals arent necessarily the most groundbreaking but i do think some of the production on this album is a bit ahead of the 90s. Like a poppier james blake.
Ill always be heartbroken that we wont be able to see what else Buckley would do with music. I think there was so much creativity that this album just touched the surface of.
Maybe objectively its lower but this album will always be a 5 to me.
Favorites include Lover You Should Have Come Over (duh), Mojo Pin, and Dream Brother
I like this album. I feel like its Bowie before peak bombastic-ness, and the hits here are hits for a reason. Changes and Life On Mars still have an awesome sound. Queen Bitch is also a super fun one. Most of the songs on this album sound both alt and anthemic and thats a line i think bowie did very well at walking. Bewlay brothers is a really nice closer. I like when the instrumentals blend very solid acoustic sounds with a very spacy backing or rhythm guitar.
Pretty interesting album. Feel like you could draw a direct line between early electronische synths and the sounds in the first few songs of the album. I was mostly captivated by the instrumentals. Kicks off with a lot of neat synth and sequencer sounds before steering into more of a rock sound and finally melding them together more. Really fun and enjoyable stuff. The vocals were nice but i didnt have the chance to read along the french translations so unsure of the lyric use for the most part but enjoyed what i heard. The whole album feels very mildly disjointed but in a sort of precise way like a very pretty patchwork quilt.
Overall really enjoyed the listen through but dont see myself pulling many of these songs up individually.
Nothing extremely standout on this album to me. I liked My Back Pages the most. It may be just preference but this all sounds pretty tonally identical to me and just didn't pull me in.
Its alright, i found the first half of the album more fun than the second. Nothing i found particularly interesting on this one but some pretty nice background music.
Really great guitar work, i really liked Three Hours and Man in a Shed. Very relaxing album and an enjoyable listen.
Definitely am biased, but i still think this album is incredible from an objective point of view, even if its now considered cringe to gush about it.
It has a few songs that arent super enjoyable outside of the context of the album, but even those are interesting either way.
This album is still wildly cohesive and unique, and its influence is pretty undeniable. The lyricism is still some of Kendrick's best, and his flows on this album are the most creative hes gotten with rhythm.
Banger. Favorite songs include "i" and "how much a dollar cost"
A few serious bangers, big fan of a lot of the production. Solid NY rap. Was surprised by the boomer-esque "we need to hit kids again" song but only mildly. Overall a bit drawn out but like i said there are some really fun ones.
Favorites include The Champ, 9 milli bros, Momma.
Some really fun guitar and key stuff happening. Not a big fan of most of the vocals.
I think this album is at its best when its a bit quieter and works at building up a vibe instead of spamming licks and fills as in the intro. Hence Child in Time outdoing the rest of the album.
Generally i think a lot of the songs on this album overstay their welcome for a minute or two but are otherwise decent. Just feels like it has to stretch to even hit 40 minutes.
Favorites were Child in Time (still too stretched out though) and Living Wreck (cool sounds)
Enjoyed this album more than i expected. I liked a lot of the synth sounds they incorporated, especially the sequence drums in King is White and In The Crowd.
This album had some whimsy that i really appreciated. Really liked Glittering Prize.
Pretty fun sound across the board and i had not heard of this album before today. Generally a nice listen even if nothing truly revolutionary. Another one that would be 3.5 if that was an option
Such a pretty album. Elite harmonies and guitar parts, very nice poetic lyrics, and a lot of catchy tunes. Altogether a great listen. Favorites include Guinnevire, Long Time Gone, and Song With No Words.
I liked a lot of the instrumentals, not huge on the vocals. I enjoyed this album being a quick fun jaunt and maybe would find it more appealing on a different day, but i wasnt finding a whole lot to really dig my teeth into. I think its cool as an early psych rock piece but not something ill be consistently jamming with
Really appreciating VMs voice in this live context a lot more than i typically would, and loving the live instruments. Lots of great brass and string work. Big fan of him saying "bringa me my nice shirt" in Help Me.
Legitimately had a blast listening to this. Ive always been a (mild) van morrison disliker but i feel like this album made me see the appeal.
I like the production on nearly every track. Not a big fan of the spoken word sections, but a lot of very pretty vocals and synth and groovy beats. Generally i think this album is very cool as an art piece, with a notable emotional thru line or arc going on. Not really something i'd reach for for any casual listening sesh but i dont think thats the point of the album. Eternal Life and Monsters go p hard. Ends very well with Pray Up Stay Up. Probably another 3.5
Simultaneously relaxing and unnerving. Very pretty mixing and vocals.
A lot of the instrumentals make me think of if Gorillaz were to score a Laika movie.
Utopia is probably my favorite.
Also get Mag bay vibes.
Good listen with a lot of interesting textures and sounds. Nice and quick and kept me engaged.
A few sweet songs but mostly felt like i was listening to a compilation of demos that never quite got rounded out. Theres a lot of experimental variety but none of it felt extremely gripping- the songs i enjoyed the most were the ones that stuck more to sounds from prior fleetwood mac albums.
There's definitely some good work it just doesnt feel cohesive or fully done to me.
Beautiful example of minimalist folk, i could listen to just Nick Drake and his guitar for a few hours at least. Really nice soft kixing and vocals, prosey lyrics that i enjoy, and the album doesnt waste a minute. If anything i do wish it was longer.
Altogether an album i would recommend to just about anyone, and a great one to kick off fall.
Not a fan of the more repetitive parts like the intro or fodderstompf. A lot of what comes between is a relatively fun hard punk run. I moderately enjoyed everything from Religion II through Attack, but didnt find anything i wanted to stick with for a long time. The opener and Fodderstompf are songs i found more irritating than interesting and significantly reduced my enjoyment of the album.
Surprised i hadnt heard of this before, i really enjoy it. Vocals are somewhere between Thom York and Conor Mason from Nothing But Thieves, which i like a lot. The album has that kinda "boroque" odd sound that a lot of indie in the 00s liked to pick up which is fun but does feel slightly dated to me.
The composition on the album is really great, especially on memphis skyline. It flows relatively well but has a fair amount of lulls as well.
Favorites are Memphis Skyline, Old Whores Diet (fun closer!), and Peach Trees.
Pretty sick, catchy tunes with a lot of style and fun.
Has aged extremely well IMO and feels like a pacesetter for a lot of electronic music. Climbatize was maybe my favorite as a little offshoot/change of style to help wind the album down. Nothing super repetetive or boring on this album just an enjoyable listen
Listened to this religiously in high school and maybe its just nostalgia keeping me from being unbiased, but this album legitimately rips in my opinion. Every song has so much melodramatic self-pity and self-loathing that I cant help but still be bought in. The only songs on here I don't like are Believe Me Natalie and Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll which lack the catchiness and soul that holds a lot of the other songs up.
Generally the Killers arent doing anything groundbreaking on this album- they pull from tried and true classic rock riffs and synth sounds that defined pop rock in decades past, while working in more modern vocal styles and chorus. Nothing new, but all done so extremely efficiently and well. If I had to criticize something itd be the flow of the album- some bits feel a bit disjointed.
Favorites include Andy Youre A Star, All These Things That Ive Done, and Smile like you mean it. Alsp yes i acknowledge that nostalgia is holding this review up, probably more of a 2.5-3.5 star album if youre objective
This guy may have mastered the ability to force one to do a stank face. The solos across this album are insanely cool and impressive, album in general had a lot of momentum.
Interesting how much more present electric guitar was here than his live album. Feels like you can see the funk rock developing.
I want to be loved #2 was my favorite
Lots of inventive beats and samples, enjoyable listen. Not everything hit but generally quite fun.
I think i see where the appeal is for some but really found this album grating. The 2000s really just kept feeding us this archetype of lovestruck softboys with an injection of swagger and I just dont enjoy the music that came out of it. Sure the production is solid and Timberlakes vocal range is technically impressive, but the end result is something so fresh out of a mold that I couldn't really enjoy it. Dont think i enjoyed anything on this enough to give it a shoutout, my favorite part was when the album ended and for some reason Humble by Kendrick came on immediately afterwards. Just thought it was a very funny switch in tone for my algorithm to throw.
Id give this a 1.5
Very cool blending of styles.
Default was probably my favorite because the sampling scratches an itch for me.
I like the vocal harmonies and how they keep a 60s psych sound over varying instruments
Cool album! Will come back to this
Not all of this is crazy groundbreaking but it feels really well put together and is a relaxing and groovy listen. Really liked the vocoding styles. Didnt pay much attention to lyrics but didnt feel that was what pulled focus.
Favorites were All I Need, Remember, and Ce Matin-Là
Its alright, some fun and catchy instrumentals. Lyrics feel kinda generic to me. Just what i needed and moving in stereo were the highlights
Funky cool sound, cheesy in a fun and interesting way. Thought it was interesting that William Orbit apparently did some work with Blur as a lot of the production here reminds me of early Gorillaz tunes. In my opinion suffers the common electronic fate of feeling a bit repetetive at times.
The album overall loses some momentum towards the end but i think is still a net solid album. Would give 3.5 but an extra .5 was lost for me having to listen on youtube
The whiny classic rock voice comes through slightly but honestly i think in this case it is because so many bands after LZ had lead singers who tried to emulate Robert Plant. Still gets under my skin a little bit but i can admit it works when it works.
Id say i enjoy this more than most classic rock, it has a lot good impact moments, a strong opening, and more blues influence than you can notice in later eras. Its a sound that i dont really have a preference for though. I think id give this a 3.5 but will bump to 4 to try to level my bias out.
Favorite songs were whole lotta love and living loving maid
Not super into purely instrumental albums but enjoyed this. It felt very cinematic and had a very effective anxious undertone with some cool hitters along the way. Favorites were the Man With The Golden Arm and The Swinging Detective
A quick and good time! Really liked reasons and see the light. Pretty sure the synth on see the light is the same as in the balatro theme.
Africano also had some rippin energy
Groovy stuff. Enjoyed vein melter the most. Not necessarily super into jazz fusion, cool album though.
Didnt love the first few tunes, but it warmed up in the second half. I liked Wond'ring Around and My God. Overall felt it was OK but not my speed today.
Moderately enjoyed. Particularly like it when they throw in some synth with the acoustics (Mamunia), but generally feels like one of seemingly 100 paul mccartney related projects that blend a little into one another. Has a few fun ones though. Ends super strong with ninetren hundred and eighty five.
Some pretty good vibes. Everything here is nice, nothing is very special. Mansion on the hill was my favorite. Love and Only Love and Farmer John were my least favorite. To me they were both a bit low effort lyrically, and though the latter had cool instrumentals, it also felt quite drawn out.
Mother Earth is a fun change of pace for the end song.
This album was all around decent but i was surprised to see it came out in 1990. To me it felt like it had the sound palate of 70s rock, and broke away from the folksier sound that made Neil Youngs earlier music in favor of a sound that had already come and gone to some extent.
